ENVS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chapeau, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Responsible Government
9 Dec 2017
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Quizzes (week 3, week 5, week 8, week 9) Judges, who"s expertise lie in law, may not be very good in the science realm. They can hear evidence on scientifically facts, but don"t necessarily have the personal knowledge on science: to each their own knowledge with science, political, and law, and therefore we criticize the legitimacy of decisions. 3 cases as to why midwest sued: sue under statue 99, nuisance, negligence. 5 sources of law: statues, regulations/by-law, common law, the constitution, treaties. The constitution creates the canadian court system. the provinces so it is complicated to change constitutions. Canadian legal institutions: constitution, provincial legislatures, executive branch. Formal head lg: political head, premier, cabinet, ministries, federal parliament, executive branch. Formal head lg: political head, premier, cabinet, courts. The separation of powers (branches of government: ministries, each branch of the government has a different function. Division of powers (on exam: division of powers who gets to legislate what.
